David Mitchell
David Mitchell says that he has turned down appearing on Taskmaster.
Mitchell's wife Victoria Coren Mitchell made a splash in the series on C4 but in an interview with Richard Herring for Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast Mitchell explained that he had turned down the opportunity to take part in the award-winning programme.
Herring pointed out that Mitchell's name comes up a lot when people are asked who they would like to see on Taskmaster.
Where did the idea for Outsiders come from?
Now this is more like it. At the risk of sounding like a fogeyish version of the David Mitchell character in Peep Show/real life this is a proper good old grown up comedy. Not really a sitcom at all though judging by the first episode of the second series, but hang around, there is definitely humour to be sniffed out here.
I've been working on a feature about upcoming things you can watch at home that will make you smile. I didn't have room to include this. I know that great comedy is all about truth but maybe this is a bit too close to the bone at the moment. It'll certainly make you laugh - whether it'll take your mind off things is another matter. I guess this is what you call relatable comedy.
Audible, the world’s leading provider of spoken-word entertainment, has secured worldwide English language audio rights to David Mitchell’s new book Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules To Live By, narrated by Mitchell himself.
Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are to co-star in a satirical film about the super-rich, to be directed by the director of The Trip, Michael Winterbottom.
Accrding to Deadline. Sony and C4 are behind the film and shooting will start this autumn. The project previously had the working title of Greed.
Upstart Crow is to return for a third series in 2018.
The BBC sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring David Mitchell as the bard will be filming new episodes in the New Year. Fans can apply for tickets below.
Ben Elton says: "I am so pleased that the BBC have decided to commission Upstart Crow Part 3. As Shakespeare himself proved with Henry IV, his very long play cycle about a not very interesting Henry, if a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing thrice."
When writer Simon Blackwell’s new series starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb was launched last month publications were sent an episode-by-episode breakdown. But shortly afterwards we were asked not to publish it as it was felt it would give too much away in advance. Having now seen the second episode I think I can see why.
Ben Elton’s eloquent defence of the mainstream sitcom last month was illuminating, fascinating and persuasive. And in a way maybe it could be seen by some as an incidental pre-emptive strike against critics who might have their hatchets sharpened for the new series of Upstart Crow, Elton’s popular sitcom about Shakespeare’s early years starring David Mitchell.
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